Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly to us when you sign up for our waitlist, make a donation, or contact us. This includes:

• **Identity Information**: First name and last name.
• **Contact Information**: Email address.
• **Payment Metadata**: We receive confirmations of your payment status from Stripe, but we do **not** store or have access to raw credit card numbers.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• To send waitlist updates and confirm your spot.
• To associate placed digital tiles in the shared 3D world with your donor identity.
• To route your donation details securely to Stripe and our charity routing partner (Pledge.to).
• To send tax-deductible receipt copies if requested.

3. Information Sharing

We share payment and transaction information only with essential processing partners to complete your donation:

• **Stripe**: To securely process donation payments.
• **Pledge.to**: To programmatically distribute funds directly to the Ground NGOs.
• **Vetted Charities**: The recipient charity (GRID Alternatives, Ocean Conservancy, GRID GRID/GRID alternatives, One Tree Planted) may receive donor name listings for tax-deductibility compliance.

4. Security of Data

We use industry-standard measures to protect all databases, transactions, and session states. However, no internet-based system is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute data protection.